Electrical wiring caused a five-alarm fire at a Bronx apartment building earlier this month, according to New York City fire marshals.

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. When a devastating fire ripped through the Twin Parks apartment complex in the Bronx three years ago,

The last ABG gang member was sentenced to 292 months in prison, signifying an end to gang terror in parts of the Bronx and justice for violent acts including murder.

After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for a 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the Bronx, Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the decision, accusing Adams of creating an immigrant “dumping ground."

The express commuter bus missed a turn on the route that travels between Manhattan and the Bronx. The driver, the sole occupant of the bus, was not injured.

The Hall Street shelter in Brooklyn, which drew numerous complaints, is among several that will soon close in New York.

Bronx leaders are asking New York City and the state to crack down on what they're calling "open-air drug markets."

The fire drove approximately 200 working class residents into the frigid street in the middle of the night from a building owned by a landlord once rated as the “worst” in the city.

First-time foreclosure filings across the New York metro area dropped significantly in 2024, according to PropertyShark's latest foreclosure report, but the

The 2,200-bed facility off Bruckner Boulevard and 141st Street will house single men moved from shelters closing elsewhere.

Peter Forrest was the charismatic lead singer of 24-7 Spyz, which did shows with Jane’s Addiction. Last week, Mr. Forrest, 64, was found beaten to death in the ambulette he drove for a living.